SENIOR CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - 60047132

Requisition No: 842365 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SENIOR CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - 60047132

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60047132 

Salary:  $12/04/2024-$109,008.61 

Posting Closing Date: 12/07/2024 

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Senior Child Protective Investigator

Department of Children and Families

Milton, FL

Anticipated Internal Vacancy - only persons already employed by the

Department of Children and Families are eligible to apply.             

Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

 

What you will do:

This is professional work protecting children, working with families and conducting investigations of alleged abused, abandoned, neglected or exploited children.  This position will assume an individual contributor role and be a model of child protection practice to other Child Protective Investigators (CPIs).

 

How you will make an impact:

• Conducts investigations regarding allegations of abuse, neglect, abandonment and/or special conditions for children.
• Collects information through interviews with the children, parents, relatives, neighbors, and other parties associated with the case.
• Engages families, identifies needs and determines the level of intervention needed to include voluntary services or court ordered dependency services; provides services linkages to agency and community resources based on needs assessment.
• Provides recommendations for development of case plan to Case Manager.
• Conducts initial/ongoing child Present and Impending Danger assessments.
• Develops with the family a signed Present Danger Plan and a signed safety plan for any identified threats and interventions.
• Arranges emergency placement for any child that cannot safely remain in the home.
• Notifies state attorney, law enforcement, child protection team and other required individuals as appropriate.
• Schedules and gathers information for and participates in case staffings,
• Prepares appropriate reports/documentation in coordination with Children’s Legal Services and provides testimony in court.
• Maintains thorough documentation in the client records/appropriate information system(s) and maintains organized client files.
• Reports indication of abuse, neglect and/or abandonment to the Florida Abuse Hotline.
• Provides subject matter expertise to help less experienced CPIs build increased capacity in investigative skills.
• Provides case consultation and advises and/or co-investigates complex cases with other CPIs to assure appropria